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Sara commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:30:27 -0500

By Sara]]> I want to be you when I grow up/

Sounds like it was an interesting new experience, and you made great strides in the execution of goal #2!

Josh Gillespie commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:13:49 -0500

By Josh Gillespie]]> Believe it or not, there are actually nice conservative. There are at least two or three of us out there. :) Thanks for the plug on your site.

As a shameless plug, I've actually teamed up with a liberal blogger, Jen Wagner to write a blog called Stop Governing Like This! Check it out: http://www.stopgoverninglikethis.com.

MizFit commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:18:37 -0500

By MizFit]]> Im with sara
and thank you for the brainsplattering reminder as Im oft temped to git one together where I live.
I love all the writing conferences I do----so I need to go to a Blogher conference and STAT I think.

dc?

Johanna commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:24:51 -0500

By Johanna]]> Sounds like you had a great time at the conference! And I agree with Sara above about taking on goal #2. It sounds like you met a lot of great people, and some great guys, with the exception of the republican part. :)

I like your one comment about bringing candy as a conversation starter. It's amazing how people are joined over the love of sweet treats.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Gwendolyn commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:32:22 -0500

By Gwendolyn]]> Candy works great at luring people over to chat!!! I found this out a couple years ago when I filled a huge jar from Target with lots of popular chocolates and sat it on the edge of my desk. People that had barely said hello to me in the 8 years I worked there were suddenly stopping by my desk to grab some candy and they were super chatty and friendly as well.

Note: For anyone that has a weakness for yummy wrapped chocolates - do not try this! :)

Shelly commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:42:15 -0500

By Shelly]]> Hello from a fellow hoosier blogger...as a food blogger I love Renee over at feed me drink me, but I too had no clue how many of us there were until awhile back InTake did a write up...of coures if I were not featured in the write up I would not have know...so bad I know, but there are some awsome blogs here in NAPTOWN...I had been reading your blog for some time and then was so excited to learn you were in Indy! I don't know why it took me so long to figure it out....you do mention it from time to time. :)

Alexia commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:36:12 -0500

By Alexia]]> Wow, why did they want to burn down your workplace??? (I've only recently discovered you, so maybe I missed some posts!)

K commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:01:04 -0500

By K]]> Well, even I know of at least one other blogger from Indiana.

Sounds like fun - though I share your distaste for the term "networking". The Twitter board sounds clever. I must work out whether I have time to Twitter; it seems all the cool people (and some ordinary idiots like me, too) are doing it already.

There have been blogmeets in Edinburgh where I live, but they're nothing like as formalised and businesslike. I've always been too shy to go - strangely I find it much easier to go to a conference than to meet a few people in a coffee shop...

Well done on the meeting people front - and the session-leading. Doesn't sound very underachievery to me.

Mal commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:12:24 -0500

By Mal]]> Personally, I'm just jealous that they seem to have spelled your name right!

Amy commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:27:20 -0500

By Amy]]> Hey, I was at BlogIndiana too. And I was in Renee's presentation. So now I'm racking my brain to figure out which person was you :). Thanks for helping me make the connection of who Moosh in Indy is (recalling her from Renee's session). Ditto about the folks hawking their own businesses. I couldn't attend on Sunday. But as a new blogger, thought Saturday was definitely useful.

Kari commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:26:35 -0500

By Kari]]> Thanks so much for the shoutout/linkage (and the prayers...haha). That's nuts that people were talking about burning down your workplace...now I'm wondering why people would have such strong feelings about it. Sheesh. Yes, definitely take note of the fire exits...

Nichole commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:56:53 -0500

By Nichole]]> Of course lesbians love you! :)

Dinah Soar commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:41:06 -0500

By Dinah Soar]]> I'm one of those ultra conservative Republicans--and I read your blog regularly. I won't hold it against you that you're Democrat(?) i.e. not Republican. I'm open to how others think and I'm always seeking truth and wisdom in every area of life. Shouldn't we all do that?

moosh in indy. commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:09:45 -0500

By moosh in indy.]]> Wanna hear my confession? I loved LOVED that you have a book out about
losing more than half of yourself and yet you ate. Food. Like real
food.
Silly huh?
Adored you.
Let's hang out.
Make a little niche of our own.

Erin commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:45:58 -0500

By Erin]]> SMALL WORLD. Kristen Leep is a very good friend (was maid of honor in her wedding) with one of my very good friends Jen Hughes (totally not a blogger and not the Jen Hughes you mentioned up there, but MY Jen, also knows that Jen...).

Who would have thought that little old me in NYC/NJ would be connected to you via two different circles. :-)

Hope Baugh commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:38:45 -0500

By Hope Baugh]]> Hi, PastaQueen - thanks for the shout about my blog! I enjoyed meeting you, too.

Amy commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:47:57 -0500

By Amy]]> I like poking around at the local blogs... didn't see myself at this particular event but maybe someday! Glad you were able to go and give us a report. :)

Lisa commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:19:04 -0500

By Lisa]]> I'm admirer, regular reader, half-assed book buyer, and a PROUD Republican. We avoid stereotypes about being overweight, how about avoiding stereotypes about Republicans?

PastaQueen commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:37:23 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> I'm getting the impression my hyperbole on this subject was not fully appreciated.

Lydia commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:06:19 -0500

By Lydia]]> I'm an independent (or would be if Indiana required people to register with a party), but I know lots of nice Republicans! And I know a lot of nice Democrats, which is most of my family! Stereotypes be damned.

Lisa commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:18:00 -0500

By Lisa]]> @PastaQueen, You're right, I should have been more light-hearted about the whole thing. I thought about making a joke about polishing my horns ;) Anyway, you're always appreciated! Forgive me for jumping to post...

Ray Pawulich commented on 'Blog Indiana: I am not the only blogger in Indiana. Who knew?'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:46:00 -0500

By Ray Pawulich]]> Thanks for the shout-out and link-love, PQ. To be mentioned in the same sentence as the Death Star is an honor. I promise when Wakeup Naptown starts giving away movie passes, you will always be notified.